Getting Started
Here are the basic steps for getting started on writing an iPhone app.
- Upgrade to Mac OS X Lion (10.7).
- Register as an Apple Developer.
- Free
- Sign into the iOS Dev Center.
- Registration required
- Download the Xcode SDK. This includes:
- An IDE (integrated development environment)
- Instruments (a profiling tool)
- iOS Simulator (an iPhone simulation tool)
- Interface Builder (a tool for assembling your user interface)
- Watch some training videos.
- Check out the developer library.
That's enough to learn the foundation classes and prepare to build some demo app's.
